ds almost never put anything in his mouth. never even "mouthed" anything - not his hand, not toys or objects, nothing. he too was uninterested in solids for a long time. i would say it wasn't until...

at that age ds wore a lot of overalls. http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/orngbiggrin.gif makes me smile to think of the cute little bear he was back then. yep, overalls - he had a...

don't feel bad. ds will sometimes just speak "cat" for a whole day...
meow-meow this, meow-meow that...varying the pitch, quality, etc of the meows to get his point across...oh, and sometimes he'll...

we've (ds and i) have taken dozens of flights in his 3 years-plus...
never a problem with nursing...ever. i remember one lady who kept shooting me looks (turning around from a row in front of me to...

if they are not acutely painful, it is just fine to leave them in till the area gets reddened and forms a tiny little pus pocket around the splinter...and voila! they will just get pushed right out...